November 2010
21 posts
Pumpkin Ravioli
I haven’t blogged in awhile because I’ve been out of town with family. It was such a great holiday and I can’t wait for Christmas in a few short weeks!
But now- onto the food.
This was SO much fun!
I had never made pasta before and it turns out- I love making pasta.
Since this was my first time, I plan on it coming out much better next time. This recipe is great-...
Thanksgiving Idea #3: Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
This is a recipe from chefchloe.com. This woman is awesome, she won food network’s “cupcake wars”. The first vegan to win anything on the food network!
She has tons of great recipes on her site so check it out!
http://www.chefchloe.com/blog/2-blog/41-a-vegan-thanksgiving.html
The Vegan BLT
This is probably my husband’s favorite lunch. It’s mine too. I never liked bacon but for some reason I love Tempeh bacon. It is smoky and sweet and deliciously not greasy.
It’s funny because one of the key ingredients is liquid smoke. This stuff creeped me out forever and I refused to buy it. Then one random day I craved a BLT so bad that I forced myself to buy some....
Vegan Thanksgiving
What a great night!
This weekend we drove up to Seattle to hang out with our friend Vince. His co-op has an annual Vegan Thanksgiving and we went up early to help him out. We had a blast cooking and laughing and helping Vince make his amazing green bean casserole- YUM!
Thanks Sherwood Cooperative for a great night!
Vince and Jeremy- cleaning the batter out of a bowl.
Vince and his...
My Husband can beat up Your Husband.
Ok maybe not- but the man can cook like nobody’s business!
He doesn’t even follow a recipe!
Sauted collard greens with shitake mushrooms and “ribs”, agave glazed brussel sprouts and breaded homefries. OMG- YUM!
I love that man.
Vegan Thanksgiving Idea#2: Pecan Pie
This is a recipe from my FAVORITE bakery in Portland. Maybe in the world!
I used a shortbread crust recipe which is incredibly easy: it’s basically vegan butter, flour and powdered sugar.
The texture and taste is perfect- you will not miss all those eggs. Check out their recipe on the blog.
http://sweetpeabaking.com/?p=627
Golden Beet Burgers
This is another tasty recipe from the Fat Free Vegan Kitchen. With beets, flax seeds and nutritional yeast; this burger is very healthy and very delicious. Check out this recipe at http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2009/09/roasted-beet-tofu-burgers.html
Vegan Rice Pudding
I love pudding and custards. On rainy days my mom would have custard and tea ready for me when I came home. So this simple dessert is my comfort food fore sure.
Rice Pudding- 2 to 3 servings
2 1/2 c non-dairy milk
1/3 c white rice
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 c sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
In a medium saucepan, combine milk, rice and salt. Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat....
Vegan Thanksgiving idea #1: Sweet Potato Casserole
Sweet Potatoes are one of my favorite Thanksgiving dishes. My cousin makes an amazing sweet potato casserole each year that always has the whole family ooo-ing and awe-ing. I asked my mom to send me the recipe in hopes of vegan-izing it, assuming I would just have to substitute for butter and cream. Well to my surprise it contained cream cheese and eggs as well, making it slightly more difficult...
Mexican Hot Chocolate Snickerdoodles
If you LOVE mexican hot chocolate like I do, these cookies will blow your mind. The recipe is from the Post Punk Kitchen where I always seem to find awesome recipes.
The only adjustment I made is reducing the amount of cayenn down to a 1/4 tsp or even less- the original called for 1/2 tsp and these were SPICY!
Mexican Hot chocolate Cookies- makes 2 dozen
1/2 cup canola oil
1 cup sugar
1/3...
Vegan Stroganoff
I have never attempted stroganoff before, even when I was a meat eater. Traditionally, stroganoff is a creamy Russian beef dish… which never really appealed to me. But this recipe from Vegan with a Vengeance, is so warm and has so much flavor- it’s the perfect winter recipe to get cozy with.
This recipe calls for portobello mushrooms and seitan. But we didn’t have portobellos...
Pumpkin Smoothie
This is super easy and delicious. I love it because it tastes like pumpkin pie in a glass!
Blend
1 frozen banana
1/2 a cup pumpkin puree
2/3 cup cold almond milk
1/2 tsp agave nectar or sugar
3 shakes of cinnamon
1 shake of nutmeg
Serve with a sprinkle of cinnamon on top.
Vegan Mofo & Thai Pumpkin Curry
So this month is “Go Vegan Month” and vegan mofo is asking bloggers to post vegan meals everyday…which I’ve been doing anyways.
http://veganmofo.wordpress.com/
There are a lot of great vegan sites on there- I definitely should have posted this at the beginning of the month but forgot…
ANYWAYS- the curry.
We’ve had this Kabocha Squash sitting in our...
Winter Vegetable Pizza
This is a variation on a recipe from Colleen Patrick-Goudreau’s The Vegan Table. It’s a really unique dish and you’ll be surprised how much you like it- I know I was!
The original recipe calls for tomatoes and pine nuts as well- but pine nuts are so expensive that I rarely have them at hand. The recipe also calls for a more elaborate pesto sauce, but I just used a regular old...
The Best Husband
The man makes cinnamon swirl bread!
What can’t he do?
This batch had dries pears in it- and yes, he did dry them himself.
I’m a lucky girl.
Pumpkin Chocolate cake with Cinnamon Icing
Tonight we hung out with some friends and brought this cake. I couldn’t decide what to bake at first but we’ve had this can of pumpkin puree in the pantry for a couple of weeks now and I had been dying to open it up. I found this recipe on havecakewilltravel.com and it is super yummy. I added a cinnamon icing which, in my opinion, takes this cake up a notch.
Pumpkin Chocolate Cake-...
BBQ Seitan Sandwich
Though I never cared for BBQ when I was a carnivore, for whatever reason, I now crave it all the time. Back in the bay, we would frequent Souley Vegan; a bombdotcom soul food place in Oakland. It had the BEST barbecue tofu sandwich ever. Oh my GOSH! Just thinking about it makes my mouth water!
Though I can’t compare this recipe to Souley Vegan, it definitely hits the spot!
BBQ Seitan...
Coconutty Almond-Chocolate Fig-prints
That’s a mouth full..and so are these cookies!
Oh man. These cookies are great.
A year or so ago we some how came into possession of some figs and searched our cookbooks for an idea of what to do with them. We found a recipe for “Fig Smushed-Anise-Almond Cookies” in Isa Moskowitz’s Veganomicon. We didn’t have anise so Jeremy had the brilliant idea of using coconut...
Vegan Almond Pear Galette
So I haven’t worked out all the kinks to this recipe.
Instead of using a jam or syrup for the base of the galette, I used a custard… so maybe that makes it a tart?
I’m not sure but it tasted good.
Almond Pear Galette- serves 4 to 6
Pastry
1 1/4 cups flour
2 Tbs sugar
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp baking soda
5 Tbs non-hydrogenated, non dairy...
Anonymous asked: how many cookies does this recipe make? are they chewy or more crunchy?
Anonymous asked: how many cookies does this recipe make? are they chewy or more crunchy?
